Risk Factors Associated With Complications After Treatment of Mandible Fractures.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Complications that arise after treatment of mandible fractures can result in significant morbidity. Identifying modifiable risk factors associated with these complications is valuable in guiding clinical practice for improved patient outcomes.

Objective

To describe the risk factors associated with complications in patients undergoing treatment for mandible fracture.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective review was conducted of 137 patients presenting to a tertiary care, level 1 trauma center with mandible fractures between January 1, 2014, and January 1, 2017. Outcomes and demographic characteristics for patients with at least 3 weeks of follow-up were compared using multivariate logistic regression analysis.

Results

Of the 137 patients m

SUBMITTER: Hsieh TY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6537826 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature